Resin Sea Sponge

 

Making an artificial sea sponge out of Smooth-Cast 325 Colormatch resin.

You can create perfect copies of any original Sea Sponge model using mold rubber and liquid plastic.  Using different colors, you can create a limitless variety of casting effects to make plastic Sea Sponge display pieces that are one-of-a-kind and unique to your aquarium. 

Advantages/Benefits to Making Your Own Custom Sea Sponge:

  1. •Custom design

  2. •Easy maintenance

  3. •Will last indefinitely

  4. •Eliminates reef harvesting

  5. •Low cost

  6. •Aquarium-safe (will not harm fish, invertebrates or other sea life)

  7. •Chemically inert


Smooth-On Products Featured in Step-by-Step Tutorial:

  1. •Mold Rubber: Dragon Skin®10 Silicone

  2. •Resin: Smooth-Cast 325®COLORMATCH Urethane Resin

  3. •Colorant: SO-Strong®Color Tints (for urethane foam, resin and rubber)

  4. •Tools/Accessories: Smooth-On Vacuum Chamber

Sea Sponge

Reproducing a Sea Sponge using Mold Rubber, Liquid Plastic and Color Tints